Vamana Purana — Chapter 67
VamP 67.1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । गत्वा रसातलं दैत्यो महार्हमणिचित्रितम् । शुद्धस्फटिसोपानं कारयामास वै पुरम्
pulastya uvāca / gatvā rasātalaṃ daityo mahārhamaṇicitritam / śuddhasphaṭisopānaṃ kārayāmāsa vai puram
Pulastya said: Having gone to Rasātala, the Daitya had a city built, variegated with most precious gems, with stairways of pure crystal.
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VamP 67.2
तत्र मध्ये सुविस्तीर्मः प्रासादो वज्रवेदिकः । मुक्ताजालान्तरद्वारो निर्मितो विश्वकर्मणा
tatra madhye suvistīrmaḥ prāsādo vajravedikaḥ / muktājālāntaradvāro nirmito viśvakarmaṇā
There in the middle was a very extensive palace with a diamond terrace, its inner doorways (hung) with nets of pearls, fashioned by Viśvakarman.
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VamP 67.4
तत्रास्ते विविधान् भोगान् भुञ्जन् दिव्यान् स मानुषान् । नाम्ना विन्ध्यावलीत्येवं भार्यास्य दयिताभवत् । ६७।३ युवतीनां सहस्रस्य प्रधाना शीलमण्डिता । तया सह महातेजा रेमे वैरोचनिर्मुने
tatrāste vividhān bhogān bhuñjan divyān sa mānuṣān / nāmnā vindhyāvalītyevaṃ bhāryāsya dayitābhavat / 67.3 yuvatīnāṃ sahasrasya pradhānā śīlamaṇḍitā / tayā saha mahātejā reme vairocanirmune
There he dwells, enjoying various pleasures, divine and human. His beloved wife was named Vindhyāvalī, (67.3) foremost among a thousand young women, adorned with good character. With her the greatly splendid son of Virocana took his pleasure, O sage.
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VamP 67.5
भोगासक्तस्य दैत्यस्य वसतः सुतले तदा । दैत्यतेजोहरः प्राप्तः चपाताले वै सुदर्शनः
bhogāsaktasya daityasya vasataḥ sutale tadā / daityatejoharaḥ prāptaḥ capātāle vai sudarśanaḥ
Then, while the Daitya, attached to pleasures, was dwelling in Sutala, the Sudarśana (discus), stealer of the Daityas' splendour, arrived in Pātāla.
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VamP 67.6
चक्रे प्रविष्टे पातालं दानवानां पुरे महान् । बभै हलहलाशब्दः क्षुभितार्णवसंनिभः
cakre praviṣṭe pātālaṃ dānavānāṃ pure mahān / babhai halahalāśabdaḥ kṣubhitārṇavasaṃnibhaḥ
When the discus had entered Pātāla, in the city of the Dānavas there arose a great tumultuous uproar, like a churned-up ocean.
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VamP 67.7
तं च श्रुत्वा महाशब्दं बलिः खङ्गं समाददे । आः किमेतदितीत्थञ्च पप्रच्छासुरपुङ्गवः
taṃ ca śrutvā mahāśabdaṃ baliḥ khaṅgaṃ samādade / āḥ kimetaditītthañca papracchāsurapuṅgavaḥ
Hearing that great noise, Bali seized his sword, and the bull among asuras asked thus: "Ah! What is this?"
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VamP 67.8
ततो विन्ध्यावली प्राह सान्त्वयन्ती निजं पतिम् । कोशे खङ्गं समावेश्य धर्मपत्नी शुचिव्रता
tato vindhyāvalī prāha sāntvayantī nijaṃ patim / kośe khaṅgaṃ samāveśya dharmapatnī śucivratā
Then Vindhyāvalī, his lawful wife of pure vows, consoling her own husband, spoke, after putting the sword back into its sheath.
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VamP 67.9
एतद् भगवतश्चक्रं दैत्यचक्रक्षयङ्करम् । संपूजनीयं दैत्येन्द्र वामनस्य महात्मनः । इत्येवमुक्त्वा चार्वङ्गी सार्घपात्रा विनिर्ययौ
etad bhagavataścakraṃ daityacakrakṣayaṅkaram / saṃpūjanīyaṃ daityendra vāmanasya mahātmanaḥ / ityevamuktvā cārvaṅgī sārghapātrā viniryayau
"This is the discus of the Lord, the destroyer of the host of Daityas; it must be worshipped, O lord of the Daityas — (the discus) of the great-souled Vāmana." Having spoken thus, the fair-limbed (lady) went forth carrying the guest-offering vessel.
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VamP 67.10
अथाभ्यागात् सहस्रारं विष्णोश्चक्रं सुदर्शनम् । ततो ऽसुरपतिः प्रह्वः कृताञ्जलिपुटो मुने । संपूज्य विधिवच्चक्रमिदं स्तोत्रमुदीरयत्
athābhyāgāt sahasrāraṃ viṣṇoścakraṃ sudarśanam / tato 'surapatiḥ prahvaḥ kṛtāñjalipuṭo mune / saṃpūjya vidhivaccakramidaṃ stotramudīrayat
Then there approached the thousand-spoked Sudarśana, the discus of Viṣṇu. Thereupon the lord of the Asuras, bowing low with palms joined, O sage, having worshipped the discus according to rule, uttered this hymn.
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VamP 67.11
बलिरुवाच । नमस्यामि हरेश्चक्रं दैत्यचक्रविदारणम् । सहस्रांशुं सहस्राभं सहस्रारं सुनिर्मलम्
baliruvāca / namasyāmi hareścakraṃ daityacakravidāraṇam / sahasrāṃśuṃ sahasrābhaṃ sahasrāraṃ sunirmalam
Bali said: I bow to the discus of Hari, the render of the host of Daityas, thousand-rayed, of thousandfold radiance, thousand-spoked, wholly spotless.
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VamP 67.12
नमस्यामि हरेश्चक्रं यस्य नाभ्यां पितामहः । तुण्डे त्रिशूलधृक् शर्व आरामूले महाद्रयः
namasyāmi hareścakraṃ yasya nābhyāṃ pitāmahaḥ / tuṇḍe triśūladhṛk śarva ārāmūle mahādrayaḥ
I bow to the discus of Hari, in whose navel (stands) the Grandfather (Brahmā), on whose rim(?) (stands) Śarva bearing the trident, and at the root of whose spokes (stand) the great mountains.
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VamP 67.13
अरेषु संस्थिता देवाः सेन्द्राः सार्काः सपावकाः । जवे यस्य स्थितो वायुरापोग्निः पृथिवी नभः
areṣu saṃsthitā devāḥ sendrāḥ sārkāḥ sapāvakāḥ / jave yasya sthito vāyurāpogniḥ pṛthivī nabhaḥ
On its spokes are stationed the gods, together with Indra, the Sun and Fire; in its swiftness abide the Wind, the Waters, Fire, Earth and Sky.
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VamP 67.14
आरप्रान्तेषु जीमूताः सौदामिन्यृक्षतारकाः । बाह्मतो मुनयो यस्य बालखिल्यादयस्तथा
āraprānteṣu jīmūtāḥ saudāminyṛkṣatārakāḥ / bāhmato munayo yasya bālakhilyādayastathā
At the tips of its spokes are the rain-clouds, the lightnings, the constellations and stars; outside(?) it are the sages, the Bālakhilyas and the rest.
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VamP 67.15
तमायुधवरं वन्दे वासुदेवस्य भक्तितः । यन्मे पापं शरीरोत्थं वाग्जं मानसमेव च
tamāyudhavaraṃ vande vāsudevasya bhaktitaḥ / yanme pāpaṃ śarīrotthaṃ vāgjaṃ mānasameva ca
That best of weapons of Vāsudeva I salute with devotion. Whatever sin of mine has arisen from the body, or is born of speech, or of the mind —
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VamP 67.16
तन्मे दहस्व दीप्तांशो विष्णोश्चक्र सुदर्शन । यन्मे कुलोद्भवं पापं पैतृकं मातृकं तथा
tanme dahasva dīptāṃśo viṣṇoścakra sudarśana / yanme kulodbhavaṃ pāpaṃ paitṛkaṃ mātṛkaṃ tathā
— burn that of mine away, O blazing-rayed Sudarśana, discus of Viṣṇu. Whatever sin of mine springs from my family, from my father's side and from my mother's side —
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VamP 67.17
तन्मे हरस्व तरसा नमस्ते अच्युतायुध । आधयो मम नश्यन्तु व्याधयो यान्तु संक्षयम् । त्वन्नामकीर्तनाच् चक्र दुरितं यातु संक्षयम्
tanme harasva tarasā namaste acyutāyudha / ādhayo mama naśyantu vyādhayo yāntu saṃkṣayam / tvannāmakīrtanāc cakra duritaṃ yātu saṃkṣayam
— take that from me swiftly; homage to you, weapon of Acyuta. Let my mental afflictions perish, let my diseases go to destruction; by the chanting of your name, O discus, let evil go to destruction.
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VamP 67.19
इत्येवमुक्त्वा मतिमान् समभ्यर्च्याथ भक्तितः ॥ संस्मरन् पुण्डरीकाक्षं सर्वपापप्रणासनम् ॥ वम्प्_६७।१८ ॥ पूजितं बलिना चक्रं कृत्वा निस्तेजसो ऽसुरान् । निश्चक्रामाथ पातालाद् विषुवे दक्षिमे मुने
ityevamuktvā matimān samabhyarcyātha bhaktitaḥ // saṃsmaran puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāsanam // vamp_67.18 // pūjitaṃ balinā cakraṃ kṛtvā nistejaso 'surān / niścakrāmātha pātālād viṣuve dakṣime mune
Having spoken thus, the wise one worshipped (it) with devotion, remembering the lotus-eyed one who destroys all sin. || The discus, worshipped by Bali, having made the Asuras bereft of splendour, then went forth from Pātāla, O sage, at the southern equinox.
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VamP 67.20
सुदर्शने निर्गते तु बलिर्विक्लवतां गतः । परमामापदं प्राप्य सस्मार स्वपितामहम्
sudarśane nirgate tu balirviklavatāṃ gataḥ / paramāmāpadaṃ prāpya sasmāra svapitāmaham
But when Sudarśana had departed, Bali fell into distress, and having come upon supreme calamity he called to mind his own grandfather.
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VamP 67.21
स चापि संस्मृतः प्राप्तः सुतलं दानवेश्वरः । दृष्ट्वा तस्थौ महातेजाः सार्घपात्रो बलिस्तदा
sa cāpi saṃsmṛtaḥ prāptaḥ sutalaṃ dānaveśvaraḥ / dṛṣṭvā tasthau mahātejāḥ sārghapātro balistadā
And he too, being remembered, came to Sutala — that lord of the Dānavas; on seeing (him), Bali of great splendour then stood there with the guest-offering vessel (in hand).
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VamP 67.25
तमर्च्य विधिना ब्रह्मन् पितुः पितरमीश्वरम् । कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा इदं वचनमब्रवीत् । ६७।२२ संस्मृतो ऽसि मया तात सुविषण्णेन चेतसा तन्मे हितं च पथ्यं च श्रेयोग्र्यं वद तात मे । ६७।२३ किं कार्यं तात संसारे वसता पुरुषोण हि । कृतेन येन वै नास्य बन्धः समुपजायते । ६७।२४ संसारार्णवमग्नानां नराणामल्पचेतसाम् । तरणे यो भवेत् पोतस्तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
tamarcya vidhinā brahman pituḥ pitaramīśvaram / kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā idaṃ vacanamabravīt / 67.22 saṃsmṛto 'si mayā tāta suviṣaṇṇena cetasā tanme hitaṃ ca pathyaṃ ca śreyogryaṃ vada tāta me / 67.23 kiṃ kāryaṃ tāta saṃsāre vasatā puruṣoṇa hi / kṛtena yena vai nāsya bandhaḥ samupajāyate / 67.24 saṃsārārṇavamagnānāṃ narāṇāmalpacetasām / taraṇe yo bhavet potastanme vyākhyātumarhasi
Having worshipped him according to rule, O Brahman — the lord, his father's father — with palms joined he spoke these words: "You have been called to mind by me, father, with a much-despondent heart; so tell me, father, what is beneficial and wholesome and the foremost good for me. What is to be done, father, by a man dwelling in the round of existence, by the doing of which no bondage arises for him? For men of little understanding sunk in the ocean of existence, whatever may be the boat for crossing over — that you should explain to me."
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VamP 67.27
प्रह्लाद उवाच । साधु दानवशार्दूल यत्ते जाता मतिस्त्वियम् । प्रवक्ष्यामि हितं ते ऽद्य तथानेयेषां हितं बले
prahlāda uvāca / sādhu dānavaśārdūla yatte jātā matistviyam / pravakṣyāmi hitaṃ te 'dya tathāneyeṣāṃ hitaṃ bale
Prahlāda said: Well said, tiger among Dānavas, that this resolve has arisen in you. I shall now declare what is beneficial to you, and likewise beneficial to others, O Bali.
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VamP 67.28
भवजलधिगतानां द्वान्द्ववाताहतानां सुतदुहितृकलत्रत्राणभारार्दितानाम् । विषमविषयतोये मज्जतामप्लावानां भवति शरणमेको विष्णुपोतो नराणाम्
bhavajaladhigatānāṃ dvāndvavātāhatānāṃ sutaduhitṛkalatratrāṇabhārārditānām / viṣamaviṣayatoye majjatāmaplāvānāṃ bhavati śaraṇameko viṣṇupoto narāṇām
For men fallen into the sea of existence, struck by the winds of the pairs of opposites, tormented by the burden of protecting sons, daughters and wife, sinking without a raft in the perilous water of sense-objects — the one refuge is the boat that is Viṣṇu.
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VamP 67.30
ये संश्रिता हरिमनन्तमनादिमध्यं नारायणं सुरगुरुं शुभदं वरेण्यम् । शुद्धं खगेन्द्रगमनं कमलालयेशं ते धर्मराजकरणं न विशन्ति धीराः । ६७।२९ स्वपुरुषमभिवीक्ष्य पाशहस्तं वदति यमः किल तस्य कर्णमूले । परिहर मधुसूदनप्रन्नान् प्रभुरहमन्यनृणां न वैष्णवानाम्
ye saṃśritā harimanantamanādimadhyaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ suraguruṃ śubhadaṃ vareṇyam / śuddhaṃ khagendragamanaṃ kamalālayeśaṃ te dharmarājakaraṇaṃ na viśanti dhīrāḥ / 67.29 svapuruṣamabhivīkṣya pāśahastaṃ vadati yamaḥ kila tasya karṇamūle / parihara madhusūdanaprannān prabhurahamanyanṛṇāṃ na vaiṣṇavānām
Those who have taken refuge in Hari, the endless one without beginning or middle, Nārāyaṇa, the teacher of the gods, the giver of good, the most excellent, the pure one who rides the king of birds, the lord of her whose abode is the lotus — those steadfast ones do not enter the court of the King of Dharma. || Seeing his own servant with noose in hand, Yama, it is said, speaks in his ear: "Avoid those devoted to the slayer of Madhu; I am lord of other men, not of the Vaiṣṇavas."
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VamP 67.31
तथान्यदुक्तं नरसत्तमेन इक्ष्वाकुणा भक्तियुतेन नूनम् । ये विष्णुभक्ताः पुरुषाः पृथिव्यां यमस्य ते निर्विषया भवन्ति
tathānyaduktaṃ narasattamena ikṣvākuṇā bhaktiyutena nūnam / ye viṣṇubhaktāḥ puruṣāḥ pṛthivyāṃ yamasya te nirviṣayā bhavanti
So too another thing was surely said by Ikṣvāku, the best of men, endowed with devotion: those men on earth who are devotees of Viṣṇu are outside Yama's domain.
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VamP 67.32
सा जिह्वा या हरिं स्तौति तच्चित्तं यत्तदर्पितम् । तावेव केवलं शलाघ्यौ यौ तत्पूजाकरौ करौ
sā jihvā yā hariṃ stauti taccittaṃ yattadarpitam / tāveva kevalaṃ śalāghyau yau tatpūjākarau karau
That is a tongue which praises Hari; that is a mind which is offered to him; those two alone are praiseworthy hands which are the hands that worship him.
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VamP 67.33
नूनं न तौ करौ प्रोक्तौ वृक्षशाखाग्रपल्लवौ । न यौ पूजितुं शक्तौ हरिपादाम्बुजद्वयम्
nūnaṃ na tau karau proktau vṛkṣaśākhāgrapallavau / na yau pūjituṃ śaktau haripādāmbujadvayam
Surely those two are not called hands but sprouts at the tips of tree-branches, which are not able to worship the pair of lotus-feet of Hari.
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VamP 67.34
नूनं तत्कण्ठशालूकमथवा प्रतिजिह्वका । रोगोवान्यो न सा जिह्वा या न वक्ति हरेर्गुणान्
nūnaṃ tatkaṇṭhaśālūkamathavā pratijihvakā / rogovānyo na sā jihvā yā na vakti harerguṇān
Surely that is a tumour in the throat, or a second little tongue, or some other disease — it is no tongue, that which does not speak the virtues of Hari.
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VamP 67.35
शोचनीयः स बन्धूनां जीवन्नपि मृतो नरः । यः पादपङ्कजं विष्णोर्न पूजयति भक्तितः
śocanīyaḥ sa bandhūnāṃ jīvannapi mṛto naraḥ / yaḥ pādapaṅkajaṃ viṣṇorna pūjayati bhaktitaḥ
That man is to be lamented by his kinsmen, dead even while living, who does not worship with devotion the lotus foot of Viṣṇu.
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VamP 67.36
ये नरा वासुदेवस्य सततं पूजने रताः । मृता अपि न शोच्यास्ते सत्यं सत्यं मयोदितम्
ye narā vāsudevasya satataṃ pūjane ratāḥ / mṛtā api na śocyāste satyaṃ satyaṃ mayoditam
Those men who are constantly devoted to the worship of Vāsudeva—even when dead they are not to be mourned; this that I have said is true, true.
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VamP 67.37
शारीरं मानसं वाग्जं मूर्तामूर्तं चराचरम् । दृश्यं स्पृस्यमदृश्यञ्च तत्सर्वं केशवात्मकम्
śārīraṃ mānasaṃ vāgjaṃ mūrtāmūrtaṃ carācaram / dṛśyaṃ spṛsyamadṛśyañca tatsarvaṃ keśavātmakam
Whatever belongs to the body, to the mind, or is born of speech, formed and formless, moving and unmoving, visible, touchable, and invisible—all that has Keśava as its self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.38
येनार्चितो हि भगवान् चतुर्धा वै त्रिविक्रमः । तेनार्चिता न संदेहो लोकाः सामरदानवाः
yenārcito hi bhagavān caturdhā vai trivikramaḥ / tenārcitā na saṃdeho lokāḥ sāmaradānavāḥ
For by whomever the Lord Trivikrama is worshipped in the fourfold manner, by him—there is no doubt—the worlds together with the gods and demons are worshipped.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.39
यता रत्नानि जलधेरसंख्येयानि पुत्रक । तथा गुणा हि देवस्य त्वसंख्यातास्तु चक्रिणः
yatā ratnāni jaladherasaṃkhyeyāni putraka / tathā guṇā hi devasya tvasaṃkhyātāstu cakriṇaḥ
As the jewels of the ocean are beyond counting, my son, so too the virtues of the god who bears the discus are innumerable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.40
ये शङ्खचक्राब्जकरं सशार्ङ्गिणं खगेन्द्रकेतुं वरदं श्रियः पतिम् । समाश्रयन्ते भवभीतिनाशनं संसारगर्ते न पतन्ति ते पुनः
ye śaṅkhacakrābjakaraṃ saśārṅgiṇaṃ khagendraketuṃ varadaṃ śriyaḥ patim / samāśrayante bhavabhītināśanaṃ saṃsāragarte na patanti te punaḥ
Those who take refuge in him who holds conch, discus and lotus in his hands, who bears the bow Śārṅga, whose banner is the king of birds, the giver of boons, the husband of Śrī, the destroyer of the fear of existence—they do not fall again into the pit of transmigration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.41
येषां मनसि गोविन्दो निवासी सततं बले । न ते परिभवं यान्ति न मृत्योरुद्विजन्ति च
yeṣāṃ manasi govindo nivāsī satataṃ bale / na te paribhavaṃ yānti na mṛtyorudvijanti ca
Those in whose mind Govinda constantly dwells, O Bali—they do not come to humiliation, nor do they tremble at death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.42
देवं सार्ङ्गधरं विष्णुं ये प्रपन्नाः परायणम् । न तेषां यमसालोक्यं न च ते नरकौकसः
devaṃ sārṅgadharaṃ viṣṇuṃ ye prapannāḥ parāyaṇam / na teṣāṃ yamasālokyaṃ na ca te narakaukasaḥ
Those who have resorted to the god Viṣṇu, bearer of the Śārṅga bow, as their highest refuge—for them there is no dwelling in Yama's world, nor do they inhabit hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.43
न तां गतिं प्राप्नुवन्ति श्रुतिशास्त्रविशारदाः । विप्रा दानवशार्दूल विष्णुभक्ता व्रजन्ति याम्
na tāṃ gatiṃ prāpnuvanti śrutiśāstraviśāradāḥ / viprā dānavaśārdūla viṣṇubhaktā vrajanti yām
Brahmins skilled in the Vedas and the treatises do not attain that goal, O tiger among Dānavas, to which the devotees of Viṣṇu go.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.44
या गतिर्दैत्यशार्दूल हतानां तु महाहवे । ततो ऽदिकां गतिं यान्ति विष्णुभक्ता नरोत्तमाः
yā gatirdaityaśārdūla hatānāṃ tu mahāhave / tato 'dikāṃ gatiṃ yānti viṣṇubhaktā narottamāḥ
The goal that belongs, O tiger among Daityas, to those slain in a great battle—the devotees of Viṣṇu, best of men, go to a goal higher than that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.45
या गतिर्धर्मशीलानां सात्त्विकानां महात्मनाम् । सा गतिर्गदिता दैत्य भगवत्सेविनामपि
yā gatirdharmaśīlānāṃ sāttvikānāṃ mahātmanām / sā gatirgaditā daitya bhagavatsevināmapi
The goal that belongs to those of righteous conduct, to the sāttvika great-souled ones—that same goal, O Daitya, is declared to belong also to the servants of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.46
सर्वावासं वासुदेवं सूक्ष्ममव्यक्तविग्रहम् । प्रविशन्ति महात्मानं तद्भक्ता नान्यचेतसः
sarvāvāsaṃ vāsudevaṃ sūkṣmamavyaktavigraham / praviśanti mahātmānaṃ tadbhaktā nānyacetasaḥ
His devotees, whose thought is on nothing else, enter that great-souled Vāsudeva, the dwelling of all, subtle, of unmanifest form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.47
अनन्यमनसो भक्त्या ये नमस्यन्ति केशवम् । शुचयस्ते महात्मानस्तीर्थभूता भवन्ति ते
ananyamanaso bhaktyā ye namasyanti keśavam / śucayaste mahātmānastīrthabhūtā bhavanti te
Those who, with mind on nothing else, bow with devotion to Keśava—they are pure, they are great-souled, they become as holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.48
गच्छन् तिष्ठन् स्वपन् जाग्रत् पिबन्नश्चन्नभीक्ष्णशः । ध्यायन् नारायणं यस्तु न ततो ऽन्यो ऽस्ति पुण्यभाक् । वैकुण्ठं खड्गपरशुं भवबन्धसमुच्छिदम्
gacchan tiṣṭhan svapan jāgrat pibannaścannabhīkṣṇaśaḥ / dhyāyan nārāyaṇaṃ yastu na tato 'nyo 'sti puṇyabhāk / vaikuṇṭhaṃ khaḍgaparaśuṃ bhavabandhasamucchidam
Walking, standing, sleeping, waking, drinking, eating—whoever meditates on Nārāyaṇa constantly, there is no other than he who has a share in merit; (he meditates on) Vaikuṇṭha, (who bears) sword and axe, who cuts through the bondage of existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 67.49
प्रणिपत्य यथान्यायं संसारे न पुनर्भवेत् । क्षेत्रेषु वसते नित्यं क्रीडन्नास्ते ऽमितद्युतिः
praṇipatya yathānyāyaṃ saṃsāre na punarbhavet / kṣetreṣu vasate nityaṃ krīḍannāste 'mitadyutiḥ
Having bowed down as is proper, one would not be born again in transmigration. He of measureless splendour dwells always in the (holy) fields, abiding at play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 67.50
आसीनः सर्वदेहेषु कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते । येषां विष्णुः प्रियोन्त्यन्ते विष्णोः सततं प्रियाः
āsīnaḥ sarvadeheṣu karmabhirna sa badhyate / yeṣāṃ viṣṇuḥ priyontyante viṣṇoḥ satataṃ priyāḥ
Seated in all bodies, he is not bound by actions. Those to whom Viṣṇu is dear are, in the end, forever dear to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 67.51
न ते पुनः सम्भवन्ति तद्भक्तास्तत्परायणाः । ध्यायेद् दामोदरं यस्तु भक्तिनम्रोर्ऽचयेत वा
na te punaḥ sambhavanti tadbhaktāstatparāyaṇāḥ / dhyāyed dāmodaraṃ yastu bhaktinamror'cayeta vā
They are not born again, those devotees of his who have him as their highest refuge. Whoever should meditate on Dāmodara, or worship (him) with devotion and reverence,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 67.52
न स संसारपङ्के ऽस्मिन् मज्जते दानवेश्वर । कल्यमुत्थाय ये भक्त्या स्मरन्ति मधुसूदनम् । स्तुवन्त्यप्यभिशृण्वन्ति दुर्गण्यतितरन्ति ते
na sa saṃsārapaṅke 'smin majjate dānaveśvara / kalyamutthāya ye bhaktyā smaranti madhusūdanam / stuvantyapyabhiśṛṇvanti durgaṇyatitaranti te
he does not sink in this mire of transmigration, O lord of Dānavas. Those who, rising at dawn, remember Madhusūdana with devotion, or praise him, or listen to (his praise)—they cross over hard straits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.53
हरिवाक्यामृतं पीत्वा विमलैः श्रोत्रभाजनैः । प्रहृष्यति मनो येषां दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते
harivākyāmṛtaṃ pītvā vimalaiḥ śrotrabhājanaiḥ / prahṛṣyati mano yeṣāṃ durgāṇyatitaranti te
Having drunk the nectar of talk of Hari with the pure vessels of their ears, those whose mind rejoices—they cross over hard straits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.54
येषां चक्रगदापाणौ भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी । ते यान्ति नियतं स्थानं यत्र योगेश्वरो हरिः
yeṣāṃ cakragadāpāṇau bhaktiravyabhicāriṇī / te yānti niyataṃ sthānaṃ yatra yogeśvaro hariḥ
Those whose devotion to him who holds the discus and mace in his hands is unwavering—they go for certain to that place where Hari, lord of yoga, is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.55
विष्णुकर्मप्रसक्तानां भक्तानां या परा गतिः । सा तु जन्मसहस्रेण न तपोभिरवाप्यते
viṣṇukarmaprasaktānāṃ bhaktānāṃ yā parā gatiḥ / sā tu janmasahasreṇa na tapobhiravāpyate
That supreme goal which belongs to devotees who are devoted to the works of Viṣṇu — that is not attained in a thousand births, nor by austerities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.56
किं जप्यैस्तस्य मन्त्रैर्वा किं तपोभिः किमाश्रमैः । यस्य नास्ति परा भक्तिः सततं मधुसूदने
kiṃ japyaistasya mantrairvā kiṃ tapobhiḥ kimāśramaiḥ / yasya nāsti parā bhaktiḥ satataṃ madhusūdane
What use are recitations to him, or mantras, what use austerities, what use the (four) stages of life, who has no supreme devotion, constant, to the Slayer of Madhu?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.57
वृथा यज्ञा वृता वेदा वृथा दानं वृथा श्रुतम् । वृथा तपश्च कीर्तिश्च यो द्वेष्टि मधुसूदनम्
vṛthā yajñā vṛtā vedā vṛthā dānaṃ vṛthā śrutam / vṛthā tapaśca kīrtiśca yo dveṣṭi madhusūdanam
In vain his sacrifices, in vain his Vedas, in vain his giving, in vain his learning, in vain too his austerity and his fame — (for him) who hates the Slayer of Madhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.58
किं तस्य बहुर्भर्मन्त्रैर्भक्तिर्यस्य जनार्दने । नमो नारायणायेति मन्त्रः सर्वार्थसाधकः
kiṃ tasya bahurbharmantrairbhaktiryasya janārdane / namo nārāyaṇāyeti mantraḥ sarvārthasādhakaḥ
What use to him are many mantras, whose devotion is in Janārdana? "Homage to Nārāyaṇa" — that mantra accomplishes every purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.59
विष्णुरेव गतिर्योषां कुतस्तेषां पराजयः । येषामिन्दीवरश्यामो हृदयस्थो जनार्दनः
viṣṇureva gatiryoṣāṃ kutasteṣāṃ parājayaḥ / yeṣāmindīvaraśyāmo hṛdayastho janārdanaḥ
Viṣṇu alone is the refuge of those — how could there be defeat for them, in whose heart dwells Janārdana, dark as a blue lotus?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.60
सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्यं वरेण्यं वरदं प्रभुम् । नारायणं नमस्कृत्य सर्वकर्माणि कारयेत्
sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalyaṃ vareṇyaṃ varadaṃ prabhum / nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya sarvakarmāṇi kārayet
Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa, the auspiciousness of all auspicious things, the most excellent, the giver of boons, the lord, one should have all one's acts performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.61
विष्टयो व्यतिपाताश्च ये ऽन्ये दुर्नीतिसम्भवाः । ते नाम स्मरणाद्विष्णोर्नासं यान्ति महासुर
viṣṭayo vyatipātāśca ye 'nye durnītisambhavāḥ / te nāma smaraṇādviṣṇornāsaṃ yānti mahāsura
The viṣṭis and the vyatipātas, and the other (ill omens) that arise from bad conduct — these come to destruction through the remembrance of Viṣṇu's name, O great Asura.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.62
तीर्थकोटिसहस्राणि तीर्थकोटिशतानि च । नारायणप्रणामस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
tīrthakoṭisahasrāṇi tīrthakoṭiśatāni ca / nārāyaṇapraṇāmasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Thousands of ten millions of sacred fords, and hundreds of ten millions of fords, are not worth a sixteenth part of a salutation to Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.63
पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च । तानि सर्वाण्यवाप्नोति विष्णोर्नामानुकीर्तनात्
pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca / tāni sarvāṇyavāpnoti viṣṇornāmānukīrtanāt
Whatever fords there are on earth, and whatever holy sanctuaries — all these one gains by reciting the name of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.64
प्राप्नुवन्ति न तांल्लोकान् व्रतिनो वा तपस्विनः । प्राप्यन्ते ये तु कृष्णस्य नमस्कारपरैर्न रैः
prāpnuvanti na tāṃllokān vratino vā tapasvinaḥ / prāpyante ye tu kṛṣṇasya namaskāraparairna raiḥ
Men of vows or ascetics do not reach those worlds which are reached by men intent on salutation to Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.65
यो ऽप्यन्यदेवताभक्तो मिथ्यार्चयति केशवम् । सो।ऽपि गच्छति साधूनां स्थानं पुण्यकृतां महत्
yo 'pyanyadevatābhakto mithyārcayati keśavam / so/'pi gacchati sādhūnāṃ sthānaṃ puṇyakṛtāṃ mahat
Even one who is a devotee of another deity and worships Keśava falsely — even he goes to the great abode of the good, of those who have done meritorious deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.66
सातत्येन हृषीकेशं पूजयित्वा तु यत्फलम् । सुचीर्णतपसां नॄणां तता फलं न कदाचन
sātatyena hṛṣīkeśaṃ pūjayitvā tu yatphalam / sucīrṇatapasāṃ nṝṇāṃ tatā phalaṃ na kadācana
But the fruit that comes from worshipping Hṛṣīkeśa continually — that fruit never (belongs) to men who have performed austerities well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.67
त्रिसन्ध्यं पद्मानाभं तु ये स्मरन्ति सुमेधसः । ते लभन्त्युपवासस्य फलं नासत्यत्र संशयः
trisandhyaṃ padmānābhaṃ tu ye smaranti sumedhasaḥ / te labhantyupavāsasya phalaṃ nāsatyatra saṃśayaḥ
But those of good understanding who remember the Lotus-navelled One at the three junctures of the day obtain the fruit of fasting — there is no doubt of this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.68
सततं शास्त्रदृष्टेन कर्मणा हरिमर्चय । तत्प्रसादात् परां सिद्धिं बले प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतीम्
satataṃ śāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā harimarcaya / tatprasādāt parāṃ siddhiṃ bale prāpsyasi śāśvatīm
Constantly worship Hari with rites as laid down in scripture; by his grace, O Bali, you will obtain the supreme, everlasting perfection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.69
तन्मना भव तद्भक्तस्तद्याजी तं नमस्कुरु । तमेवाश्रित्य देवेशं सुखं प्राप्यसि पुत्रक
tanmanā bhava tadbhaktastadyājī taṃ namaskuru / tamevāśritya deveśaṃ sukhaṃ prāpyasi putraka
Have your mind on him, be devoted to him, sacrifice to him, bow to him; taking refuge in him alone, the lord of gods, you will obtain happiness, my son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.70
आद्यं ह्यनन्तमजरं हरिमव्ययं च ये वै स्मरन्त्यहरहर्नृवरा भुविस्थाः । सर्वत्रगं शुभदं ब्रह्ममयं पुराणम् ते यान्ति वैष्णवपदं ध्रुवमक्षयञ्च
ādyaṃ hyanantamajaraṃ harimavyayaṃ ca ye vai smarantyaharaharnṛvarā bhuvisthāḥ / sarvatragaṃ śubhadaṃ brahmamayaṃ purāṇam te yānti vaiṣṇavapadaṃ dhruvamakṣayañca
Those best of men, dwelling on earth, who day after day remember Hari — the primal, endless, ageless, imperishable, all-pervading, giver of good, made of brahman, ancient — they go to the Vaiṣṇava station, fixed and undecaying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.71
ये मानवा विगतरागपरापरज्ञा नारायणं सुरगुरुं सततं स्मरन्ति । ते धौतपाण्डुरपुटा इव राजहंसाः संसारसागरजलस्य तरन्ति पारम्
ye mānavā vigatarāgaparāparajñā nārāyaṇaṃ suraguruṃ satataṃ smaranti / te dhautapāṇḍurapuṭā iva rājahaṃsāḥ saṃsārasāgarajalasya taranti pāram
Those men who, freed of passion, knowing the higher and the lower, constantly remember Nārāyaṇa, the teacher of the gods — they, like royal geese with washed white wings, cross to the far shore of the water of the ocean of saṃsāra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.72
ध्यायन्ति ये सततमच्युतमीशितारं निष्कल्मषं प्रवरपद्मदलायताक्षम् । ध्यानेन तेन हतकिल्बषवेदनास्ते मातुः पयोधररसं न पुनः पिबन्ति
dhyāyanti ye satatamacyutamīśitāraṃ niṣkalmaṣaṃ pravarapadmadalāyatākṣam / dhyānena tena hatakilbaṣavedanāste mātuḥ payodhararasaṃ na punaḥ pibanti
Those who constantly meditate on the Unfalling One, the ruler, stainless, whose eyes are long as the petals of the finest lotus — they, the pain of their sin destroyed by that meditation, do not again drink the milk of a mother's breast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.73
ये कीर्तयन्ति वरदं वरपद्मनाभं शङ्खाब्जचक्रवरचापगदासिहस्तम् । पद्मालयावदनपङ्कजषट्पदाख्यं नूनं प्रयान्ति सदनं मधुघातिनस्ते
ye kīrtayanti varadaṃ varapadmanābhaṃ śaṅkhābjacakravaracāpagadāsihastam / padmālayāvadanapaṅkajaṣaṭpadākhyaṃ nūnaṃ prayānti sadanaṃ madhughātinaste
Those who praise the boon-giver, the excellent Lotus-navelled One, holding in his hands conch, lotus, discus, fine bow, mace and sword, called the bee at the lotus-face of her who dwells in the lotus (Lakṣmī) — they surely go to the dwelling of the Slayer of Madhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.74
शृण्वन्ति ये भक्तिपरा मनुष्याः संकीर्त्यमानं भगवन्तमाद्यम् । ते मुक्तपापाः सुखिनो भवन्ति यथामृतप्राशनतर्पितास्तु
śṛṇvanti ye bhaktiparā manuṣyāḥ saṃkīrtyamānaṃ bhagavantamādyam / te muktapāpāḥ sukhino bhavanti yathāmṛtaprāśanatarpitāstu
Those men, intent on devotion, who listen to the primal Lord being praised — they, freed of sin, become happy, as though satisfied by the drinking of nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.75
तस्माद् ध्यानं स्मरणं कीर्तनं वा नाम्नां श्रवणं पठतां सज्जनानाम् । कार्यं विष्णोः श्रद्दधानैर्मनुष्यैः पूजातुल्यं तत् प्रशंसन्ति देवा
tasmād dhyānaṃ smaraṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ vā nāmnāṃ śravaṇaṃ paṭhatāṃ sajjanānām / kāryaṃ viṣṇoḥ śraddadhānairmanuṣyaiḥ pūjātulyaṃ tat praśaṃsanti devā
Therefore meditation on Viṣṇu, remembrance, or praise, and the hearing of his names from good men who recite them, should be done by men who have faith; the gods declare that to be equal to worship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 67.76
बाह्यैस्तथान्तःकरणैरविक्लवैर्यो नार्चयेत् केशवमीशितरम् । पुष्पैश्च पत्रैर्जलपल्लवादिभिर्नूनं स मुष्टो विधितस्करेण
bāhyaistathāntaḥkaraṇairaviklavairyo nārcayet keśavamīśitaram / puṣpaiśca patrairjalapallavādibhirnūnaṃ sa muṣṭo vidhitaskareṇa
He who does not worship Keśava the ruler with the outer and the inner organs unwavering, and with flowers, leaves, water, sprouts and the rest — surely he has been robbed by the thief that is fate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition